Indian Air Force (IAF) plane MiG-29’s additional fuel tank of acquired dislodged during a coaching session on Monday, and fell in a forest space close to the Kalaikunda base in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district. The MiG-29 plane was on a routine coaching mission when the accident happened.
“There was no loss of life or damage to property. The drop tank has been located and is being brought back,” mentioned PRO Defence, Kolkata.
“While returning to Kalaikunda airbase, ventral drop tank which is used to carry additional fuel got dislodged and fell into an uninhabited forest,” the defence official mentioned.
The drop tank was being dropped at the Kalaikunda airbase in coordination with the civil administration, he mentioned.
An investigation was began to search out out the reason for the incident, the official mentioned.
(With PTI inputs)
